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Four men from London charged over 'terror plot', police say Four men from London charged over 'terror plot', police say
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Four men from London have been charged with intending to commit acts of terrorism, Scotland Yard has said.Four men from London have been charged with intending to commit acts of terrorism, Scotland Yard has said.
The men are accused of taking an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) militant group and arranging to buy a handgun equipped with a silencer.
They are charged with conducting "hostile reconnaissance" of a police station and Army barracks in London using Google Street View.
They were charged following arrests in London over the last two weeks.
A fifth man has also been charged with a firearms offences.
Tarik Hassane, 21, Suhaib Majeed, 20, Nyall Hamlett, 24, and Momen Motasim, 21, are jointly charged with the intention of committing acts of terrorism between 8 July and 7 October this year.
Nathan Cuffy, 25, also from London, has been charged with two firearms offences.
All five men are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court later, police have said.
'Secret communications'
The terror charges also include allegations the four men set-up "methods of secret communications" and that they "entered into covert discussions".
The men are also accused of discussing the sourcing of a moped, along with where they could store the vehicle in Shepherds Bush, west London.
Police say the men are also accused of viewing and retaining images sent via Instagram of two Met Police officers and two Met police community support officers, and had "graphic images" of the beheading of Steven Sotloff.
Mr Sotloff, a US journalist, was killed by IS militants last month having been kidnapped in Syria in 2013.